As Kristaps Porzingis said after the Knicks beat the Timberwolves, 106-104, in a Minneapolis thriller, he and Karl-Anthony Towns put on quite the show Wednesday. Now they move to the Garden for the Friday night main event. It’s the last time the two 2015 7-foot draft studs square off this season.

Carmelo Anthony hit the game-winner with 2.3 seconds left, but knows Towns and Porzingis carried the night for the first 47:57. Towns was Rookie of the Year last season, Porzingis the runner-up.

“The sky’s the limit for them two guys in this league,” Anthony said. “Towns, playing the way he’s playing, Kristaps, getting better and better each day, they’ll be around for a long time. They’ll be face of this league in a couple of years.”

If not already.

“Two great players in this league for a long, long time,” Knicks coach Jeff Hornacek said. “Both [21] years old. They’re going to be dominating in these next bunch of years. It’s fun to watch.”

Towns, the Piscataway, NJ, product who was one-and-done at Kentucky, is coming off the most productive night of his career. He pounded his hometown Knicks for a career-high 47 points, season-high 18 rebounds and three blocks, two days after placing the blame for the Wolves’ awful start on his shoulders.

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Only nine players in the past three decades have posted at least 47 and 18 in a game – Knicks great Patrick Ewing being one of them. On March 24, 1990, against the Celtics, Ewing racked up his career-high 51 points with 18 boards – also in a loss.

Thibodeau, the fans’ choice to get the Knicks coaching job last spring, enters the Garden with a 5-13 club adjusting to his taskmaster ways.

Towns was a one-man band Wednesday, while Porzingis had help. The 7-foot-3 Latvian was a beast, though, racking up 29 points, eight rebounds and two blocks. Porzingis rammed home a dunk off an offensive rebound with 36.4 seconds left to put the Knicks up two. Towns answered with two free throws with 24 seconds remaining to tie.

“Forty-seven is a heckuva game,’’ Hornacek said. “We got to do something [different] against him.”

The Knicks could use the return of struggling starting center Joakim Noah (ankle) after none of their other bigs were able to stop Towns.

“He’s got great moves inside,’’ Hornacek said. “He’s quick with his spins. Gets offensive rebounds, steps out and shoots 3s. When you get there for his 3, he gives a nice little ball fake and takes one or two dribbles and gets to the basket. With his length, KP is the only guy on our team who can reach that. He’s a tough guy to deal with.”

As is the Latvian unicorn. Thibodeau coached against Porzingis for the first time after the former Knicks assistant and Bulls coach took a sabbatical last season.

“You can see the confidence he has,’’ Thibodeau said. “The second time around in the league, I think he knows where to find shots. They have two point guards [Derrick Rose and Brandon Jennings] that put a lot of pressure on you that can create shots for other people. Porzingis, his skill set, the high release, the ability to run the floor, shoot the 3, play in the post, play in the faceup game, it’s a lot to deal with, and he’s got great touch.’’

Added Towns: “I think I’m tall, but he’s really tall. And it’s always a lot of fun for a person of his size, his height, to be able to move the way he does.”

The friendship the two big men have fashioned may be viewed one day in the same vein as the Carmelo Anthony-LeBron James-Chris Paul clique. The Post reported Porzingis plans to work out with Towns, the No. 1 pick in the 2015 draft, this summer and spend slightly less time in Latvia.

“I just think that good people find good people,’’ Towns said. “I believe that in life. Kris helps me out a lot. He’ll text me after seeing a stat line. I will if I see a stat line he had. For example, when he signed his Adidas deal, I congratulated him. To get a deal like that was awesome for him. He deserved it. He puts the work in. He’s a great character guy. Good people find good people. I’m proud to watch his journey. Our relationship is more of a dialogue. He watches a lot more tape than I watch and he sees things differently than I see it. We keep an honest dialogue. However I feel, I just tell him.”

The rematch is Friday, when the lights get brighter for the NBA’s two young luminaries.